Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-67845
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.871
Description:
Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.
Donor:
Henry B. Hickey Jr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Jr.
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wailaki and Yuki
Collector:
H. B. Hickey Sr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Sr.
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 27.5 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.

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